Research Catalog

Title

Managing urban traffic congestion.

Publication

Paris : OECD : ECMT, c2007.

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Additional Authors

• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
• European Conference of Ministers of Transport.
• Transport Research Centre.

Description

296 p. : ill. (some col.); 28 cm.

Summary

This report addresses key issues concerning managing urban traffic congestion, including defining congestion, measuring congestion, assessing its impacts, formulating a strategic vision for guiding management policies, and using technology and other operational options to ameliorate congestion. It offers policy-oriented, research-based recommendations for effectively managing traffic and cutting excess congestion in large urban areas.--Publisher's description.

Subjects

• Traffic congestion > OECD countries > Prevention
• City traffic > OECD countries

Note

• "Transport Research Centre."
• At head of title: European Conference of Ministers of Transport.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-294).

Additional Formats (note)

• Available both in print and online.

Contents

Defining and characteristic congestions -- Measuring congestion : methods and indicators -- Causes of congestion in urban areas -- Overview of traffic congestion and congestion approaches in member countries [Australia; Canada; Czech Republic; France; Germany; Greece; Japan; Netherlands; New Zealand; Russian Federation (Moscow Region); Spain; United Kingdom; United States] -- Conceptual frameworks for assessing congestion and its impacts -- Congestion management strategic principles -- Integrated transport planning -- Improving the reliability of urban road system performance -- Locking in the benefits of available capacity : access control, parking management and road congestion -- Congestion management measures that release or provide new capacity -- Congestion response strategies : getting the decision process on track.

Call Number

JSF 09-88

ISBN

• 9789282101285
• 9282101282

LCCN

2007459700

OCLC

148366602

Title

Managing urban traffic congestion.

Imprint

Paris : OECD : ECMT, c2007.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-294).

Additional Formats

Available both in print and online.

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Added Author

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

European Conference of Ministers of Transport.

Transport Research Centre.

Research Call Number

JSF 09-88